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Clare of Assisi. Chiara Offreduccio (16 July 1194 – 11 August 1253), known as Clare of Assisi (sometimes spelled Clara, Clair or Claire; Italian: Chiara d'Assisi ), was an Italian saint who was one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi . Inspired by the teachings of St. Francis, she founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious ...
The basilica vicinity in Assisi, just below the Assisi Cathedral. The Basilica of Saint Clare ( Basilica di Santa Chiara in Italian) is a church in Assisi, central Italy. It is dedicated to and contains the remains of Clare of Assisi, a follower of Francis of Assisi and founder of the Order of Poor Ladies, known today as the Order of Saint Clare .
Fresco of Saint Clare and nuns of her order, Chapel of San Damiano, Assisi. The Poor Clares, officially the Order of Saint Clare (Latin: Ordo Sanctae Clarae), originally referred to as the Order of Poor Ladies, and also known as the Clarisses or Clarissines, the Minoresses, the Franciscan Clarist Order, and the Second Order of Saint Francis, are members of an enclosed order of nuns in the ...
Colettine Poor Clares. The Colettine Poor Clares are a reform branch of the Order of St. Clare, founded by Clare of Assisi in Italy in 1211. They follow the interpretation of the Rule of St. Clare established by Saint Colette in 1410, originally a French hermit and member of the Third Order of St. Francis .
The ruins of the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha (Old St. Clare) are located in the city of Coimbra, in Portugal. The monastery was built in the 14th century on the left bank of the Mondego River, but had to be abandoned in the 17th century due to frequent floods. The well-preserved Gothic ruins of the monastery were excavated in the late 20th ...
St. Clare's is a series of nine books written by English children's authors Enid Blyton and Pamela Cox about a boarding school of that name. The series follows the heroines Patricia "Pat" and Isabel O'Sullivan from their first year at St. Clare's on. Other characters include Alison O'Sullivan (the twins' cousin who always worships the wrong ...
The exterior of the chapel of the Sisters of St Clare in present-day Nazareth. The Monastery Saint Claire (French: Monastère Sainte-Claire; Hebrew: נזירות סנט קליר, Nazirot Sanat Qlīr; Arabic: راهبات القدیصة کلارا, Rāhibāt al-Qudīṣah Klārā), also known as the Convent of Mary's Fear and by other names, is a convent of the Poor Clares on Tremor Hill in ...
Saint Clare (film), an upcoming film starring Bella Thorne. MV St Clare, a car ferry operating between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, England. St. Clare Castle, a mansion in Appley on the Isle of Wight, England. St. Clare's (series), a series of children's books by Enid Blyton. St. Clare Entertainment, an American television production company.